MOTION-BASED VISUALIZATION

• US 20080158257A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Helsinger, Aaron Mark, Walczak, Michael J., Bobrow, Robert J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,629,986 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

Claims

1. A method for displaying data comprising:

displaying a plurality of layers of graphical data overlaid one another;

imparting a first motion to a first of the displayed layers relative to a remainder of the displayed layers to highlight data represented in the first layer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of displayed layers is at least partially transparent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of displayed layers corresponds to map data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of displayed layers corresponds to medical image data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of displayed layers corresponds to security screening data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one layer in the plurality of displayed layers includes image data generated by a different imaging source than used to generate image data for a second layer in the plurality of displayed layers.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the different imaging sources captures image data using different imaging techniques.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving data for display, and

generating the plurality of displayed layers from the received data, wherein the data in each respective layer in the plurality of displayed layers shares a common characteristic.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising imparting a localized motion on a first area of the first layer that is different than a localized motion imparted on a second area of the first layer to visually distinguish characteristics of data within the first layer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first layer comprises an image projected on an array of geometric shapes, and imparting the localized motion comprises shifting vertices geometric shapes in the first area.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving an input from a user identifying data to be highlighted, and determining the imparted motion in response to the user input.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a query.

14. The system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of image sources, wherein each image source generates graphical data corresponding to a respective layer of the plurality of displayed layers.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to generate the plurality of displayed layers such that the data included in each respective layer shares a common characteristic with other data in the layer.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to impart a localized motion on a first area of the first layer that is different than a localized motion imparted on a second area of the first layer to visually distinguish characteristics of data within the first layer.

13. A system for displaying data comprising:

a display;

a memory for storing graphical data;

a processor configured for;

displaying a plurality of layers of graphical data stored in the memory overlaid over one another;

imparting a first motion to a first of the displayed layers relative to a remainder of the displayed layers to highlight data represented in the first layer.

17. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to carryout out a method for displaying data comprising:

displaying a plurality of displayed layers of graphical data overlaid over one another;

imparting a first motion to a first of the displayed layers relative to a remainder of the displayed layers to highlight data represented in the first layer.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of displayed layers is at least partially transparent.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least one layer in the plurality of displayed layers includes image data generated by a different imaging source than used to generate image data for a second layer in the plurality of displayed layers.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the different imaging sources captures image data using different imaging techniques.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 17, storing instructions for causing the processor to:

receive data for display, and

generate the plurality of layers from the received data, wherein the data in each respective layer in the plurality of displayed layers shares a common characteristic.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 17, storing a instructions for causing the processor to impart a localized motion on a first area of the first layer that is different than a localized motion imparted on a second area of the first layer to visually distinguish characteristics of data within the first layer.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the first layer comprises an image projected on an array of geometric shapes, and imparting the localized motion comprises shifting vertices geometric shapes in the first area.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 17, storing instructions for causing the processor to receive an input from a user identifying data to be highlighted, and to determine the imparted motion in response to the user input.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the user input comprises a query.